2 Kings 4-6, Luke 24:36-53 Key Verses: Luke 24:50-53 Boiled down to its essential core, worship is a response. It is not an entertainment option we choose or an event we attend, but the essence of our lives as followers of Christ. Christ comes into our lives and we live...

2 Kings 1-3, Luke 24:1-35 • Key Verse: Luke 24:32 Nothing takes the wind out of our sails like discouragement. We get an idea in our heads, come up with some plans and take steps toward seeing a dream become a reality. Then, just when it starts to look good,...

1 Kings 21—22, Luke 23:26-56 • Key Verse: Luke 23:47 A credit card company used as an advertising campaign the line, “Do you know me?” Famous people were portrayed in normal settings as being unrecognized-—until they pulled out their credit card. The name on the card gave them recognition. Without...

1 Kings 19-20, Luke 23:1—25 • Key Verse: 1 Kings 19:4 Once you reach the mountaintop, it’s all downhill from there. While that is obviously true in a physical sense, it’s also true emotionally. When we, reach an emotional peak, the next step is downhill. The question is not if...

1 Kings 16-18, Luke 22:47-71 • Key Verse: 1 Kings 18:17 As the story a couple of days ago illustrates, we do like to shift blame. Adam started it, Eve followed, and there’s no telling how many others have done it. There’s one problem with blaming others, however: God knows...

1 Kings 14-15, Luke 22:31-46 • Key Verse: Luke 22:32 Have you ever benefited from someone telling you about a mistake he made? Perhaps he told you about a turn he missed, resulting in either getting lost or a longer trip. Maybe it was when he was installing new software...

1 Kings 12-13, Luke 22:1-30 • Key Verse: 1 Kings 13:26 Guilty people have a tendency to shift the blame to others. Adam did it first: “The woman you put here with me—-she gave me some fruit from the tree” (Gen. 3:12). He blamed God for giving him Eve and...

1 Kings 10-11, Luke 21:20-38 • Key Verse: 1 Kings 11:9 Leith Anderson tells of a man named Kenneth Kruse, who “served the Lord faithfully in Africa for 25 years before returning to England, where he worked with the Scripture Gift Mission. He retired at age 65, and three years...

1 Kings 8-9, Luke 21:1-19 • Key Verses: Luke 21:1 – 4 It would seem that the more a person makes, the easier it would be to give. But that is not the case. Possessions have a way of possessing. A wealthy person may give a larger dollar amount but...

1 Kings 6-7, Luke 20:27 – 47 • Key Verse: 1 Kings 7:1 I watched with interest as the worker at the espresso machine carefully divided the hot chocolates I had ordered. Both had been made in one container, but now she was pouring it into two cups, one each...